Hi,
Chris Irvine wrote:
> However, I'm curios about installing hybrid 32bit+64bit software such that the same standard
> install image could work both on G4 and G5 hardware. Any suggestions?
>
> I understand that the 32bit version should work safely on both classes of hardware.
Yes. For your scenario, the 32bit binary would be the common denominator.
We currently don't offer Universal Binaries that support both the 32bit and 64bit archs at the same time. This is on our long-term TODO.
It might be possible to "bundle" these two mysqld binaries into one Universal one after build time using the "lipo" command, but I have not checked this possibility yet.
> Our production environments run the 64bit environment and it seems logical that developers
> who might be on G5 or G4 machines and could benefit by running the exact same build.
> Maybe I'm off base on this... I guess some bugs, that are 64bit specific, might never show up
> while testing on a G4.
That could of course be. For now, I don't have a better solution to offer than to choose the corresponding binary depending on what environment you have. Sorry!
Bye,
LenZ
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